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Weight Loss Drug May Help With Addiction Too

MarketWatch on MSN · 21h

Weight-loss drugs may reduce opioid and alcohol abuse by up to 50%, study finds

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, made by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, can reduce rates of opioid and alcohol abuse by up to 50%, according to a new study that supports expectations the drugs can offer greater benefits than just weight and diabetes management.

The Boston Globe · 23h

New weight loss drugs raise questions of access, costs

New, popular injectable weight loss drugs — GLP-1 drugs — are highly effective at reducing obesity and, probably, the health risks posed by obesity. Yet the drugs are so expensive that insurers are often choosing between two bad options: restricting access or raising consumer costs.

BBC on MSN · 4h

How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food?

What this means is that by changing only one hormone, “suddenly you change your entire relationship with food”, says Prof Giles Yeo, an obesity scientist at the University of Cambridge. And that has all sorts of implications for the way we think about obesity.

Can Weight Loss Drugs Also Treat Addiction?

GLP-1 receptor agonists and similar drugs may protect people with opioid or alcohol use disorder from opioid overdose and ...

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For Most GLP-1 Users, Taking Prescription Weight-Loss Drugs Comes With a Social Stigma

This is just a sneak peek at the thousands of consumer insights available to CivicScience clients. Discover more data. The ...

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Eli Lilly to trial use of weight loss drugs to combat unemployment in U.K.

U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is exploring whether obesity drugs could be used to curb joblessness after signing a ...

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Jobless could get weight loss jabs to return to work

Unemployed people living with obesity could be given new weight loss jabs to help them get back into work, the health ...

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Copycat weight loss drugs, Amazon's pharmacies, and CVS vs. Lina Khan: Pharma news roundup

If Medicare were to start covering popular weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound, it could increase federal spending ...

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